Festivals Archive

For those of you who like outdoor adventures and open-air music, a weekend has been created just for you! Slated for June 1, 2, and 3, the Mountain Music Festival is one of the most anticipated weekends of the summer in West Virginia. A music stage sits right in the middle of ACE Adventure Resort, […]

This Memorial Day weekend, celebrate the beloved strawberry at the 2nd annual Alderson Strawberry Festival held in the center of Alderson (from the Visitor’s Center to Alumni Park) from 10am-3pm on Saturday, May 27th. Strawberries are a widely appreciated fruit known for their aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness, and they will be […]

Finally, a festival for folks that used to go to festivals! The inaugural Homecoming Festival has set its sights on June 9-11, 2017 as the beginning of a new tradition for Alleghany County and Virginia residents. This is a full weekend for intimate, Virginian Music and Art filled experiences in Clifton Forge, Virginia. Set among the […]

Grab your friends and family and take a walkabout in downtown Lewisburg during the 11th annual Chocolate Festival, slated for Saturday, April 8th from 11am-4pm. There will be over 32,000 tastings across 35+ locations, chocolate demonstrations, a chocolate bake-off, chocolate mousse eating contest, live music, a chocolate-themed photo booth, and more! While this event ends […]

It was a day of liquid sunshine at TOOT (Taste of our Town) this year and attendees strolled the streets with smiles, big appetites, and their trusted umbrellas as the delicious foods awaited them. We strolled through the festival as well and tried almost every dish. Here is a review in photos with some descriptions! Our […]

On Halloween night, hordes of costumed children trick or treat the night away. We encourage you to gather the kids and the family dog(s) and start the festivities early at the Lewisburg Halloween Festival. Slated for Saturday, October 29th, this special free event is held from 3-8pm at Hollowell Park, located behind WV Osteopathic School […]

From Rudy’s Greek Gyros (pictured above) to Greenbrier Valley Baking Company’s Crab cake sliders with Mothman IPA to local mead and more brews n even brats at Stella’s Oktoberfest Beer Garden, Lewisburg’s Taste of Our Town (TOOT) will provide a full-day foodie wonderland to locals and visitors on Saturday, October 8th from 11am until 3pm. The […]

The 2016 Roadkill Cookoff & Autumn Harvest Festival was another smashing success! To celebrate the event, we documented with photos and some video. There were thousands of attendees and the weather was perfect. Big congratulations to “East Meets West Virginia” for winning 1st Place and $1,200 prize money!! Check out our interview with them below. 2nd Place ($600) & […]

Devastating floods throughout central and southeastern West Virginia killed at least 23 people, destroyed 1,500 homes and damaged another 4,000. It is also estimated that 125 businesses were destroyed. 12 counties were under a state of emergency including Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers and Webster. The West Virginia Department of Transportation announced that […]

On Saturday, May 21, bring the whole family to Lewisburg, WV for Share the Love Festival! Starting at 10am, we will celebrate unchained and independent Lewisburg by shopping, eating, and listening to all things local. Throughout the day, we will observe all locally owned businesses in Lewisburg and independent artists. Artists, product line representatives, business […]

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